Photos: Thousands march in Hong Kong

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Policemen hold a cordon line as unseen protestors block a main road as they attempt to reach the front gate of government house, during a protest against the city’s leader Leung Chung-ying in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.

ANTONY DICKSON
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Demonstrators sit on a main road running thru the central business district during a sit in protest against the city’s leader Leung Chung-ying in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

A young girl performs at a pro-government rally next to government headquarters in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.ALEX OGLE
/ AFP/Getty Images

Protestors carry flags and placards during a protest against the city’s leader Leung Chung-ying in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

A protester dressed as a Chinese Red Guard with a wolf mask, representing Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, participates in an anti-government march on New Year’s Day in Hong Kong Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Thousands of anti-government protesters marched to the government’s headquarters to call for Leung’s resignation.Kin Cheung
/ AP

A woman (L) attending a pro-government rally lashes out at another woman holding an anti-government sign in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule. AALEX OGLE
/ AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of pro-democracy protesters take to the streets calling for new Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to step down in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Organisers have said they expected 50,000 people to join the New Year’s Day march against Leung Chun-ying, while pro-government groups staged separate and smaller rallies in support of the Beijing-backed chief executive.RICHARD A. BROOKS
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Two children perform during a protest calling for the new Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying to step down in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.ALEX OGLE
/ AFP/Getty Images

A protester holds up a sign illustrating new Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying as Pinocchio, as thousands take to the streets calling for Leung to step down in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Organisers have said they expected 50,000 people to join the New Year’s Day march against Leung Chun-ying, while pro-government groups staged separate and smaller rallies in support of the Beijing-backed chief executive.RICHARD A. BROOKS
/ AFP/Getty Images

A protestor waves a colonial Hong Kong flag as he stops traffic on a main road, in an attempt to break through police cordons to reach the main gate of government house, during a protest against the city’s leader Leung Chung-ying in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

Protestors carry flags and placards during a protest against the city’s leader Leung Chung-ying in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

Demonstrators sit on a main road running thru the central business district during a sit in protest against the city’s leader Leung Chung-ying in Hong Kong on January 1, 2013. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong on January 1, calling for the city’s embattled leader to quit and demanding greater democracy 15 years after it returned to Chinese rule.ANTONY DICKSON
/ AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of anti-government protesters march to the government’s headquarters on New Year’s Day to call for the resignation of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying, in Hong Kong Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.Kin Cheung
/ AP

Anti-government protesters hit a caricature of Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying as thousands of demonstrators march to the government’s headquarters on New Year’s Day to call for Leung’s resignation, in Hong Kong Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013.Kin Cheung
/ AP

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